On the other hand, Game 6 between the Lakers and Mavericks ended in a defeat for the Lakers after two overtimes, and the two teams dragged the series to Game 7.

Although the Lakers only finished fourth in the West in the regular season, the two Los Angeles teams have long been considered the favorites to appear in the Western Conference Finals, and Kobe Bryant is still considered one of the best players in the NBA, and many people are expecting to stage the Western Conference Finals battle between the Lakers and the Clippers.

But when the Lakers were forced to Game 7 by the Mavericks, the Clippers were still so strong, and the Rockets and Suns had advanced 4:1. The Cavaliers and Magic in the East also swept their opponents, and only the Lakers and Celtics are the only two giant teams in the entire league who are still struggling for their respective division semifinals, so now more and more people are beginning to question, the Lakers and Celtics are still not a good team?

However, fans of both teams dismissed it, and when the Rockets won two consecutive championships, the whole process was even more difficult, and they didn't become the final winner?

So what the saying is - never underestimate the heart of a champion.

On May 1, the seventh battle between the Lakers and the Mavericks, ESPN reported before the game: There is no doubt that the Lakers are stronger in terms of strength, but what they lack is stability in every game, which is why it is difficult for the Lakers to become the champion of the West, they lack the dominance like the Clippers, which is a must-have for every dynastic team. The OK combination back then had this attribute, but the current Lakers didn't, and Kobe Bryant's stability was not as good as O'Neal's, so he needed a partner who played steadily, but unfortunately it was difficult for Gasol to gain the upper hand in the face of his Panda brother. That's why the Lakers always lose to the Clippers. ”

Lakers fans are naturally complaining about Gasol now. They don't think Kobe Bryant is going to be worse than his fox brother. Then the reason why he can't always beat his neighbors naturally lies in Gasol. My sister-in-law is always soft, and if I had replaced O'Neal or Duncan, the result would have been different.

Of course, it has to be Duncan and O'Neal at their peak.

The Los Angeles Times, of course, sided with the Lakers, who believe that Kobe Bryant has more experience in the "tie-breaker" than any Maverick player, having played five "tie-breaks" and averaging 27.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5 assists per game. The team has a record of 3 wins and 2 losses. In the past six games, the Mavericks' Marion has been very successful against Kobe Bryant's defense, and he has allowed Kobe to shoot just 42.8%, but Kobe Bryant has a tradition of breaking out in the "tie-breaker", and Marion's defensive pressure will be greater.

Reach. Although Bundan has defected into a Clippers fan, in the game between the Lakers and the Clippers outside of the team, Da. Bundan still wants the Lakers to win, and he thinks the Lakers still need Byron. Davis got his groove back and he had to beat the aging Kidd instead of averaging just one more point per game than the old demon in six games. If he dares to do this, the Lakers will be doomed.

Jason. Terry has been one of the league's best sixth men. And with an average of 25 points and shooting 55 percent from the field in the three games against the Lakers, the Lakers must step up their defenses against Terry. If Terry can still play such a crazy offensive game in Game 7, the Lakers will not be good.

On May 1, in the seventh game of life and death, the Lakers finally let go of their arrogance and firmly focused on the strategy of attacking the interior.

Gasol has never been trusted in the Lakers, and his so-called interior core doesn't even rank among the top three on the team in terms of shots per game, and the number of touches is behind Kobe Bryant and Davis, which gives him no chance to play his own characteristics.

But what's interesting is that once the Lakers lost, everyone found the Spaniard as soon as possible, and attacked the sister-in-law for being too soft, the sister-in-law was not strong, and the sister-in-law was undercover......

Ji Guoyi was very immoral when evaluating Kobe, he thought that Kobe Bryant was a strengthened version of Ginobili, and the former's athleticism and physical strength were stronger. As a result, these words offended two people at once, and the Argentines secretly scolded themselves for why they were inferior to Kobe, how did they become the poor version of Kobe? Kobe Bryant also secretly hated that he was a great superstar who was obviously going to surpass Jordan, how could he become a strengthened version of the sixth man?

The Lakers and Mavericks in the seven-tie-break battle, the enhanced version of Ginobili and the soft sister-in-law did not play well, but the Lakers still won the game, and the hero of the victory was Tyson, who no one expected in advance. Chandler, the center with the name of the boxing champion, was plagued by a back injury last season, but this season's Chandler has actually returned to his peak level, and his defense of the Polish Hammers in this game can be said to be leakless, and the Lakers' interior line is solid under Chandler's play, but the Mavericks shoot from the outside, so a feast of iron is presented in front of the fans.

For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant was 6-of-22, Davis was 5-of-15, Gasol was 5-of-12, and Odom was 3-of-8, and the entire Lakers players were playing like they were wearing gloves.

The Mavericks' iron striking skills were not too many, with Nowitzki 6-of-18, Terry 4-of-20, Marion 3-of-10 and Kidd 2-of-10.

Well, at this point, the answer to why the Mavericks lost today is already obvious, the Lakers used their defense to make the opponent more iron than themselves, so as to get the final semifinal ticket in the league with difficulty.

The Dallas natives went out in disgrace, and the Mavericks became the eighth team to say goodbye to the playoffs.

The reason for this season's ambitious Cuban turned out to be another bitter fruit of failure, and the reason for this is that the Mavericks actually know that when your center is not as good as the opponent and the interior defense becomes a shortcoming, it is just a luxury to want to win.

The Mavericks are already a strong team, but they are still missing the last piece of the championship puzzle, and the Poles are doing a good job, but to win the championship, they need a real inside gate. But now there are not many such players in the entire league, so Cuban looked at Chandler, who had 12 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks in Game 7, wondering if there was a chance to snatch food from the Lakers' mouth.

The Lakers finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, if they were eliminated in the first round, it would be really shameless to face Jiangdong's father, especially in such a strong comparison of the Clippers, I wonder if the Clippers' support in Los Angeles will suddenly exceed forty percent.

After the regular season this year, the Los Angeles Times conducted a routine survey and found that the Clippers' approval rating reached a new high in Los Angeles, rising to 38 percent in one fell swoop.

Although the Lakers continue to lead with 62% support, the results of another survey are not optimistic for the Lakers, because among the post-90s fans, the support of the two teams is almost equal, which means that the Clippers are robbing young fans, and these young fans represent the future.

If the Clippers can continue to suppress the Lakers in the next ten years, then ten years later, the Clippers' approval rating may catch up with the Lakers, which is the current crisis of the Lakers. It may not take ten years, and if it goes on like this, as long as three or five years later, the Lakers' approval rating in Los Angeles may not be able to suppress the Clippers.

Of course, five years, ten years, or something...... It's all about the future, and the Lakers have a more pressing challenge, and in Game 7 against the Mavericks, the Lakers won the game, but the process looked tough. Now for the Lakers, how to find their form as much as possible is a problem they need to solve urgently. Whether it's coach Phil. Jackson, or the core Kobe. Bryant both believe that the semifinals against the Clippers is cruel, and one of the two teams capable of winning the championship must be eliminated in the semifinals.

On May 1, the semifinals of the East and West were released, with the Los Angeles Clippers vs Los Angeles Lakers, the Houston Rockets vs the Phoenix Suns; In the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics, and the Orlando Magic vs Atlanta Hawks.

The Lakers and Clippers game is undoubtedly the focus of the battle, and I don't know how many Los Angeles derbies have been played, or has attracted most of the fans' attention, will the result still be a Clippers win this time?

In the face of this problem, Lakers fans are very inadequate, and when asked how the Lakers will behave in the playoffs, Kobe Bryant also expressed a little helplessness and dissatisfaction. "I can't be sure, I don't know," Bryant admitted, "it's a weird team at the moment, it's a bit unpredictable, and I don't know what everybody's going to be like tomorrow, so I can't answer." "Apparently Kobe Bryant is unhappy with the team's ups and downs this season, and they can go on a 15-game winning streak and lose to league-recognized league-heavy teams like the Kings and Pacers.

The problem was on full display after the All-Star break, when the Lakers made adjustments at the time, and as a result, they had a 15-game winning streak. But just when people think that the Lakers have entered playoff mode, the team has suffered a strange 5-game losing streak, which is too embarrassing, especially compared to the Clippers' 34-game winning streak, how can this result be achieved?

Why has Kobe Bryant been so low-key this season? Of course, it was the team's record that made him not have the confidence to fight with the dead fox, and the dead fox would definitely grasp the places that ordinary people would not mention and poke the wound repeatedly.

Phil looks a lot older. Jackson also admitted: "We finished the regular season with ups and downs, the last 25 games are a bit incomprehensible, we can win in a row, but we can also have five straight losses. At the same time, the Zen master also emphasized: "We didn't get rid of this phenomenon in the playoffs, so we were almost eliminated by the Mavericks, but if we still do this against the defending champions, then we won't have the slightest chance." ”

What the Zen master said was not a smoke bomb, let alone a sign of weakness, but he was really worried that the team would suddenly lose its form if it won like the first round, and it must not be in such a situation in the face of the Clippers, otherwise it is difficult to say whether it will be swept away.

Phil. Jackson clearly knows what the level of that Bulls team was back then, and the Clippers, who have broken the Bulls record now, will never be worse than the Bulls he was back then, and if the Bulls were in good shape that year, they would have the strength to sweep all the teams in the league. (To be continued......)